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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Wichita, KS

June 25, 2021Harvey County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 7:23 PM CDT for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2021, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Harvey County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Hesston, KS	MULTIPLE POWERLINES DOWN. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND UPROOTED. LOCAL STREET FLOODING. MULTIPLE RAILROAD CROSSBARS BROKEN OFF AT CROSSINGS. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR NEWTON, NORTH THROUGH HESSTON.
Jun 25, 7:39 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newton, KS	DELAYED REPORT. PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL OF NEWTON SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS BARN.
Jun 25, 7:39 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newton, KS	EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IN DOWNTOWN NEWTON. MULTIPLE TREES ON HOMES.
Jun 25, 7:39 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newton, KS	MULTIPLE BUILDINGS WITH LOST SIDING. MULTIPLE TREES FALLEN ON VEHICLES.
Jun 25, 7:39 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 66	4 Ene Newton, KS	MEASURED AT THE NEWTON AIRPORT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 25, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

244 
WUUS53 KICT 260023
SVRICT
KSC079-260130-
/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0090.210626T0023Z-210626T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
723 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Harvey County in south central Kansas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over North Newton,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Walton around 735 PM CDT.

This includes Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 25 and 42.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9769 3817 9715 3796 9715 3791 9768
      3791 9770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 250DEG 33KT 3808 9735 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM

1 follow-up statement

688 
WWUS53 KICT 260120
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
820 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

KSC079-260130-
/O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210626T0130Z/
Harvey KS-
820 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR HARVEY COUNTY...

At 820 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of
Florence, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Law enforcement.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
Harvey County, including the following locations... Newton Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3817 9715 3796 9715 3793 9752 3817 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 250DEG 33KT 3826 9672 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	58 min
Jun 25, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	63 min
Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion	61 min
Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	62 min
Jun 25, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Rice	28 min
Jun 25, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Wilson, Woodson	64 min
Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	32 hr
Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood	55 min
Jun 25, 8:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	52 min
Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Marion	6 hr
Jun 25, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	53 min
Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	14 hr
Jun 25, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	30 min
Jun 25, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	24 min
Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	63 min
Jun 25, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	45 min
Jun 25, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	68 min
Jun 25, 10:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	62 hr
Jun 25, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	53 min
Jun 25, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harvey	9 hr
Jun 25, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	65 min
Jun 25, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	47 min
Jun 25, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	57 min
Jun 25, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	58 min
Jun 25, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	66 min
Jun 25, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	43 min
Jun 25, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	42 min
Jun 26, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	48 min
Jun 26, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	48 min
Jun 26, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	29 min
Jun 26, 2:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	22 hr
Jun 26, 2:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	18 hr
Jun 26, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	13 hr
Jun 26, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	18 hr
Jun 26, 2:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	42 hr
Jun 26, 2:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	63 hr
Jun 26, 2:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Montgomery	3 days
Jun 26, 2:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	17 hr
Jun 26, 2:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	37 hr
Jun 26, 6:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	33 hr
Jun 26, 11:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	28 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.